The Quiet One
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Riley Ember Brooklyn.
She's the shy girl that is always picked on and bullied and the girl who doesn't get noticed. Yet she does have some New Years revolutions. To over come her fears.
She has lost her family, her best friend and her will to walk around the school with her head held high, now she wears it low.
She is a kind and trustworthy person but her life is a jumbled mess. She's willing to change. Not just for others but for herself.
Read as Riley faces her biggest fears and overcomes a majority of them in the process of becoming more confident.
Maybe there will even be a guy along the way to help her up the last few steps.
She's not perfect, but is anyone?
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